Next I gave you this handout - "Rules of Notice" - from Peter Rabinowitz. It lists the details you usually notice during your reading of a book, but is calling attention to that process. Your group will work through the list and perhaps even notice more than you did the first time through. You will then collect all of your observations onto a poster.
Then, you will use those observations to discuss these questions:
- What does this chapter suggest about Meursault’s relationship with Marie? What do they mean to each other? What does he think about the way he acts with her?
- What role does time play for Meursault?
- Is Meursault a lonely or empty character? In what ways?
- Look at the last line of chapter two, then think about how chapter one began – how has your thinking of his developed over these two chapters? What sentiment is he expressing in these closing words?
